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W. P. QUINAN, F. KIMPPEL & J. OLSEN. CARTRIDGE LOADING APPARATUS.

Patented May 20, 1884.

No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W. R. QUINAN, F. KIMPPEL & J. OLSEN.

CARTRIDGE LOADING APPARATUS.

'No. 299,009. Patented May 20,1884.

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I and- FRANK KIMPFEL;

. and exact description thereof.

packing nitro-glycerine powders and other pulverulent substances into cartridges or tubular nntil'thei'r ends are well Within the box and forward, each rod will carry a =and into the cartridges, which are held on A succession of'strokesfills the cartridges,

"removed. Fig. 3 is a machine which maybe operated'by hand or "then" pushed Referring to theaccompanying minia- @TATFS WILLIAM R. QUINAN AND FRANK KIMPFEL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND

' JACOB OLSEN, OF

SPECIFICATION forming part of MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

ARTRIDGE LOADlN-G APPARATUS.

Letters Patent No. 299,ooe, dated May 2c, 1384.

Applicationfiled February 2i, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we-,.WrL IAM R. QUI AN of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, and J noon OLsmv, of the county of Marin and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Powder-Packing Apparatus; and we hereby declare the following to be afull,

Our invention relates to an apparatus forcases made of paper or other material. This packing is usually done byhand,one cartridge at atime.

The object of our invention is to produce a power in which anumber of cartridges can be packed at one 'operationwith 'the same safety as-by ordinary'hand-work.

' The principle "of the invention may be illusposite sides near the bottom. The box is filled with powder, 'and .therods beingdrawn back charge of powder through the opposite hole short tubes proj ecting' outward from the holes.

packing each charge until the whole cartridge drawings fora more complete explanation of our invention, Figure-1 is perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top view or plan with certain parts longitudinal vertical sectionshowing the essential parts of the invention. Fig. 4 is a view of v the clamp E. Fig. 5 is'a sectional View of the feed-box.

In the different drawings the same letters refer to the same parts.

G is a hopper from which the powder falls as required into the feed box or receiver A. (In Fig. 2 the hopper is removed.) B is a system of parallel rods. fastened at one end in the framed cross-head (J. This cross-head is guided in. the stroke by guideslots cut in the frame-work of the machine.

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- 1) represents the cartridge-shells in position for filling, and held by the cartridge rack or clamp E. This'rack or clamp is represented hinged at K to facilitate filling. and emptying it. 'The rack or clamp E is supportedagainst the blow of the rods by the sliding board F, which moves'up and down in side grooves cut in the frame-work.

H is a pair of ratchet-levers connected by a cross-bar for raising andl'owering the board F.

lis a three-sided box placed on the feedbox to prevent the powder from being thrown out; (The box'Z is not shown in Fig, 2'.)

The details of the feed-box A are best shown in the section, Fig. 3; This box is cut away on.both sides'in the plane of the rods; "The long rectangular slots thus made are covered by the thin metal plates m n,-having holes correspondingto the rods. A row of short tubes, '1, are solderedin the holes of the plate m. The cart-rid ges, when in-position,arepushed over theonds of the short tubes 1. holes in platen serve only as guides and scrapers for the rods. Fig. 3 shows the rods at the limit of the back-stroke. y

In operating the machine the rods pass through the box, and, pushing a charge of pow derbe'fore them, pass through the plate m 'and'short tubes 15, and into the cartridge. The stroke backward is always to the same point. 'The stroke forward becomes shorter as the cartridges are filled. To prevent the powder from caking andto facilitate its passage into the tubes t, a stirrer, J, is placed in the front part of the feed-box. Thatfshown in the drawings is a -rotarystirrer--a round shaft with rows of pins driven through it. These pins work in the spacesbetween the rods; The stirrer is rotated by sprocket wheels and light chains. The wheels are placed on'the ends of the shaft, (see Fig'."'2,) and are separated from the body of the feed-box by partitions. The chains are fastened to the top of the cross-head Gand pass 'over pulleysat'the rear. This arrangement gives a reciprocating rotary motion to the stirrer as the'cross-head is reciprocated. Other forms and motions can be given 'to the stirrer. It may be a rod with thin disks projecting between the packing-rods. These can be given a motion in the direction of the rod when the packing-rods are pushed back clear The rear then push the charge- IOO of the disks and a motion back to their proper places when the packing-rods move forward. The same motion, in addition to its rotation, can be given the stirrer shown in the drawings by simple mechanical devices. The stirrer can also be made to revolve always in the same direction by a proper arrangement of pawls on the crosshead.

The advantages of our machine are its efficiency, simplicity, and the great safety with which it can be worked. To this end we build it almost entirely of wood.

The perforated plates in a and tubes 1 are preferably of thin brass. The sprocket chains and wheels in practice are covered, so that no powder can get to them.

To facilitate the labor of packing, we prefer to work the system of rods inclined at an angle with the horizontal. The angle may be much greater than that shown.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The rack or clamp 1G, being taken out and opened, is filled with cartridge-cases. It is then placed in position and the cartridges pushed onto the tubes 1. The board F is next raised by depressing the crossbar of the ratchet-levers H. A quantity of loose powder is next placed in the hopper (iand enough raked down into the feed-box A to partly till it. The packingrods are now worked by means of the handles attached to the crossheads 0, or other suitable mechanism, till the cartridges are filled, when the board 1* islowcred and the rack E removed.

It will be manifest that one of the advantages of our construction is that the cartridges are not filled at once, but that a small quantity of powder is carried forward at each movement of the rods, and each of these small charges is tamped or packed into the cartridge-case by the red as soon as it is introduced. The cartridge is thus filled by a succession of thoroughly-packed small charges, and will thus be of uniform density throughout.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A feed-box or receiver for the powder, having two series of holes, one 011 each side, one series being equipped with the short tubes, in combination with the clamp E, for holding the cartridgecases, board F, and lever H for bracing the cartridge-clamps, rods B, and supporting cross-head, with their operating mechanism, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus for packing powder into cartridge-eases in successive small charges, consisting of a feed-box into which the powder is placed, and through the lower part of which a number of parallel rods are adapted 5 out by the rods, substantially as herein described.

53. A powder-packing apparatus consisting of a feed box or receiver for powder, a series of parallel rods passing through opposite sides of the box, and having thin outer endsseeured to a cross -head by which theymay be caused to reciprocate, in combination with short tubes projecting from the side of the box opposite the cross-head to receive one end of the cartridges, and a clamp or means for holdingthe cartridges in line, substantially as herein described.

4. A powder-packing apparatus consisting of a feed-box or receiver for powder,a series of parallel rods passing through opposite sides of the receiver near the bot-tom, and having a guide or cross-head by which they are caused to reciprocate, in combination witha support or clamp by which the cartridgecases are held in line with the rods, a board or backing against which the action of the rods is resisted, and a mechanism by which the board may be raised or lowered, substantially as herein described.

5. A powder-packing apparatus consisting of a feed-box or receiver, a series of parallel rods passing through opposite sides of the receiver near the bottom, and having one end connected with a cross-head by which they are v 5 reciproeated and guided, a clamp or holder by which the cartridge-cases are held in line to receive the powder, in combination with a device forstirring or agitating the powder within the receiver, substantially as herein 10o described.

6. A powder-packing apparatus consisting of a receiver or feed-box, through opposite sides of which a series of parallel rods are caused to reciprocateby means of a sliding I05 Icross-head to which one end of the rods are fixed, a clamp or holder by which cartridges are held in line with the rods, so as to receive the powder forced out by them, in combina tion with agitators or stirrers supported upon me a shaft within the feed-b ox, which shaft is actuated by a mechanism which transmits motion from the cross-head, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our I 1 5 hands.

\VM. R. QUINAN. FRANK KIMPFEL. JACOB OLSEN. -Witnesses: Y

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